Growth responses to arbuscular mycorrhizae by rain forest seedlings vary with light intensity and tree species

Plant Ecology

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 127-139

  Gehring, Catherine A ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizae; Biomass allocation; Light gap; Rain forest; Seedling; Shaded understory

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; LIGHT INTENSITY; RAINFOREST; SEEDLING; TREE;

ACMENA; ACMENA RESA; CRYPTOCARYA; FLINDERSIA; FUNGI; RICKETTSIA SP. PAR;

EID: 0038718751     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023989610773     Document Type: Article

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